Suffragist Collection (page 5)

Alice Paul, 1915 (b/w photo)
746443 Alice Paul, 1915 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977) American suffragist and women's rights activist

Miss Lucy Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington, 1917 (b/w photo)
746438 Miss Lucy Burns in Occoquan Workhouse, Washington, 1917 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lucy Branham speaking during the National Woman's Party's "Prison Special" tour, 1919 (b/w photo)
5053981 Lucy Branham speaking during the National Woman's Party's "Prison Special" tour, 1919 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info)

Suffrage descendants Peggy and Hope Anthony hold floral tributes in front of the Woman Suffrage Monument in the U. S
3709818 Suffrage descendants Peggy and Hope Anthony hold floral tributes in front of the Woman Suffrage Monument in the U.S

Police seize the banners of suffragists before they reach the U. S. Senate, 1918 (sepia photo)
5974483 Police seize the banners of suffragists before they reach the U.S. Senate, 1918 (sepia photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

Suffragist outside the White House demanding passage of the 19th Amendment, 1917 (b/w photo)
3709816 Suffragist outside the White House demanding passage of the 19th Amendment, 1917 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Paradise Lost! or, The House of Commons and the Peri (colour litho)
3648222 Paradise Lost! or, The House of Commons and the Peri (colour litho) by Morgan, Matthew " Matt" Somerville (1839-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paradise Lost)

Heroic virtues that make you laugh, English suffragettes forcibly fed in prison to prevent them... (colour litho)
2815537 Heroic virtues that make you laugh, English suffragettes forcibly fed in prison to prevent them... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Anne Morgan, 1915 (b / w photo)
498779 Anne Morgan, 1915 (b/w photo) by Underwood & Underwood (c.1881-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anne Morgan (1873-1952) American philanthropist, suffragist

Daisy Harriman addresses a Democratic rally in Union Square, New York City, 1912 (b / w photo)
4072610 Daisy Harriman addresses a Democratic rally in Union Square, New York City, 1912 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Inez Milholland Boissevain at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade, 1913 (b / w photo)
5854182 Inez Milholland Boissevain at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade, 1913 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944)

Teenage striker, Fola La Follette and Rose Livingston, 1913 (b / w photo)
5848213 Teenage striker, Fola La Follette and Rose Livingston, 1913 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: American actress, suffragist)

Pioneers in the growth in employment for women in Britain (b / w photo)
6015402 Pioneers in the growth in employment for women in Britain (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Suffragist Lucy Stone, 1840-60 (daguerreotype)
3036276 Portrait of Suffragist Lucy Stone, 1840-60 (daguerreotype) by American Photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Portrait of American suffragist Lucy Stone; daguerreotype, c)

Governor Carl Elias Milliken signing the Suffrage Bill as six women look
SLS249196 Governor Carl Elias Milliken signing the Suffrage Bill as six women look on, 1917 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Underground passage to the House of Commons 1908
The underground passage from Westminster Station to the House of Commons, a section of which was privatised for MPs, usually used in bad weather but increasingly as a way of avoiding suffragettes

Women waiting to in St Stephens Hall, Feb 1908
Women waiting to be " fetched" in St Stephens Hall, guarded by policemen, as a result of concerns over the actions of the Suffragettes in the House of Commons

Processions of suffragists in London 1908
Women and men protesting womens right to vote in London, notably a procession leaving Parliament Square for Hyde Park. The image is titled " woman more militant than ever"

Mrs Dora Montefiore, suffragist, in court
Mrs Dora Montefiore (1851-1933), English-Australian womens suffragist, socialist, poet, and autobiographer, seen here in court on 31 October 1913. 1913

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) Upton and Shuler being driven in a suffrage parade
SLS251163 Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) Upton and Shuler being driven in a suffrage parade, 1919 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

American Womanhood -You release my shackles and I ll release yours, editorial cartoon
3709808 American Womanhood -You release my shackles and IA ll release yours, editorial cartoon, c.1898 (black and white editorial cartoon) by American School

Mrs. Woodhull Asserting Her Right to Vote, engraving from Harpers Weekly
3709803 Mrs. Woodhull Asserting Her Right to Vote, engraving from HarperAs Weekly, November 25, 1871 (newspaper engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mrs)

Votes for Women, front cover of Leslies The Peoples Weekly
3709795 Votes for Women, front cover of Leslies The Peoples Weekly, 7th November 1912A (colour litho) by Monahan, Patrick J

Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig, suffragettes
Cicely Hamilton (1872-1952) and Edith Craig (1869-1947). Edith was the daughter of the actress Ellen Terry, a theatre director, producer, costume designer and pioneer of the womens suffrage movement

Millicent Garrett Fawcett, suffragist leader
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (Mrs Henry Fawcett LLD, 1847-1929), British suffragist leader. Date: circa 1908

Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

When Women Vote by Charles Dana Gibson
The Suffragettes as the creator of the Gibson Girls Sees Them. " When Women Vote: After dinner the girls will have to listen to politics"

Marguerite Durand pasting her election poster, illustration from Fantasio
LSE3646172 Marguerite Durand pasting her election poster, illustration from Fantasio, 1st April 1910 (colour litho) by de Losques

Frances E. Willards Rest Cottage, 1889 (sepia photo)
STC306612 Frances E. Willards Rest Cottage, 1889 (sepia photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women in academic dress marching in a suffrage parade in New York City, 1910 (b / w photo)
SLS249187 Women in academic dress marching in a suffrage parade in New York City, 1910 (b/w photo) by Beals, Jessie Tarbox (1871-1942); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) attempting to cast a vote, 1871 (engraving)
SLS251195 Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) attempting to cast a vote, 1871 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) c. 1880 (b / w photo)
SLS249171 Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) c.1880 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Women standing holding banners outside the White House Gate, Washington D. C. (b / w photo)
SLS251143 Women standing holding banners outside the White House Gate, Washington D.C. (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Portrait of Amelia Bloomer (1818-94) c. 1850 (engraving)
SLS251119 Portrait of Amelia Bloomer (1818-94) c.1850 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

A strange procession of suffragettes through the streets of London (colour litho)
2815167 A strange procession of suffragettes through the streets of London (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

In the recent general elections in England, women voted for the first time (colour litho)
2808761 In the recent general elections in England, women voted for the first time (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women suffragists picketing in front of the White House, Washington DC, pub
2652840 Women suffragists picketing in front of the White House, Washington DC, pub. 1917 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American

Suffragette parade, outside the Adelphi Theatre, New York, 1910 (b / w photo)
SLS251106 Suffragette parade, outside the Adelphi Theatre, New York, 1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

Washington D.C. The Judiciary Committee... from Frank Leslie
AQS254889 Washington D.C. The Judiciary Committee... from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper, 1871 (litho) by Leslie, Frank (1821-80); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

Women lined up to participate in an election, 1870 (engraving)
SLS251127 Women lined up to participate in an election, 1870 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University; (add.info.: In 1869)

The Daily Graphic, front page of New York City newspaper, June 5, 1873 (newspaper)
3709802 The Daily Graphic, front page of New York City newspaper, June 5, 1873 (newspaper) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Daily Graphic, Vol. 1, No)

Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, 1880-1902 (silver print)
3036326 Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, 1880-1902 (silver print) by American Photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B)

Portrait of Emily Davies (engraving)
819243 Portrait of Emily Davies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emily Davies, English feminist, suffragist and campaigner for womens rights)

Mrs fawcett (b / w photo)
815991 Mrs fawcett (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mrs Fawcett, (1847-1929), English suffragist and feminist, Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett

The aberrations of womens suffragism, suffragette that cuts Venus with knife blows... (colour litho)
2815632 The aberrations of womens suffragism, suffragette that cuts Venus with knife blows... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alice Meynell, engraved by Emery Walker, c. 1913 (engraving)
617820 Alice Meynell, engraved by Emery Walker, c.1913 (engraving) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alice Meynell (1847-1922) English poet, writer, editor

Lucy Stone, c. 1850 (b / w photo)
SLS249174 Lucy Stone, c.1850 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University; (add.info.: Lucy Stone (1818-93)

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The suffragist movement in the early 20th century was a pivotal moment for women's rights and equality. English suffragettes, such as those involved in the feminist newspaper of 1908, were at the forefront of this fight. They used their platform to raise awareness and rally support for their cause. One notable event was the Suffragette Parade through New York City on May 3rd, 1913. Thousands of women took to the streets, demanding their right to vote and equal representation. Their determination and unity were awe-inspiring. Another significant demonstration occurred in Hyde Park in 1908 when suffragettes gathered to voice their demands for political enfranchisement. Among them was Ethel Snowden, a passionate advocate for women's rights who fearlessly fought alongside her fellow suffragists. The struggle faced by these brave women is captured beautifully in Aubrey Beardsley's artwork "The Pseudonym and Antonym Libraries" from 1895. It serves as a reminder of the obstacles they encountered on their journey towards equality. Notable figures like Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, and Helen Keller also played crucial roles in advancing women's rights during this time period. Their contributions as journalists, social reformers, authors, and lecturers helped pave the way for future generations. Additionally, organizations like Women's Trade Union provided support networks for working-class women striving for better conditions within various industries. Katharine Louisa Russell (Viscountess Amberley) deserves special mention as an early advocate of birth control—a topic often overlooked during discussions about suffrage but integral to reproductive freedom.